Son's birthday is on a school day

[DingDoong]

What do you do?

Presents before school or after school?

Seems bit mean to make him wait all day but mornings are a scramble!

A couple with breakfast - plus icecream for birthday breakfast. And the rest afterwards.

Always done them in the morning with a birthday breakfast.

Half and half

Cake for breakfast gifts after school

We did morning. It's nice for them to be able to answer if anyone asks what they got.

Its a bit of a dull start to a special day not to be allowed to open cards and presents

@@DingDoong just get up an hour earlier!!!!

We did mornings.
It doesn’t take that long to open presents!

Be super organised the night before and then get up a bit earlier to do presents so they get a bit of time before school. I would take annual leave on their birthdays when they were young if possible so I could run around and make the day a bit more special for them, usually do a meal and cake with friends / relatives after school so they get other bits then.

Before! Not surprisingly my kids always seem to be able to get up on time on their birthdays!

Always morning. Seems mean to wait

Before school. We just get up a bit earlier.

Same.

We did cards before school, presents after dinner followed by cake.

TBH, they get used to whatever you make the Norm.

We always do birthdays before breakfast. No one minds waking up a bit early. We're a small family and there's never more than 6 gifts to unwrap so it never takes long.

After.

Birthday card and a special breakfast in the morning (bacon & eggs or french toast or pop tarts or whatever they want - possibly with a candle in it!)

When they come home from school, tea and cake, lots of presents, call granny etc.

Party with school friends on the weekend.

Cake for breakfast, presents after school.

Before but I hold a couple back as a surprise for after to keep the excitement going.

One or two before, and some cards, then the rest after school and birthday tea and cake. It would be too rushed for us to do them all before school, and it’s nice to have some to look forward to after school too. Good to give them something before school that they can say “I got x for my birthday!” to friends if asked.

I wake my son up a little earlier, and he opens his presents in the morning, whilst my husband makes him a special breakfast!

A nice breakfast is always the priority - whatever they want. We once had marshmallow fluff on toast! Almost always fresh pineapple or mango (ready chopped for ease). Then one present before school, and the rest after school.

We fit in presents and eating cake before school!

Maybe one in the morning with a special breakfast and the rest for later?

We always did them before - laid the table nicely for breakfast - with the presents in the middle - and got the children up a bit earlier than usual. It was quite an effort (for me!), but I couldn’t imagine making them wait all day!

Before